I own a 47 pound female Shepard ( age 3). Who is super

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I own a 47 pound female Shepard ( age 3). Who is super active Due to food sensitivities we have eliminated dry food and is presently on raw and honest kitchen (white fish) diet. She is still very thin. I have been feeding her 3 x a day. Usually 1 raw beef mixture (primal) and 3/4 c of the dehydrated food from honest kitchen. Everyone tells me she should only eat twice a day. Why?? Thanks so much.

There is nothing wrong with feeding her more than twice daily. Healthy adult dogs are generally able to do well with only two meals daily, but there is no reason why it would be unhealthy for her to eat more frequent meals.

Yes, I see the question. As far as determining the appropriate amount of food for her to eat, I need to know a bit more about what she is eating. Is the Primal the frozen version, freeze dried, or the Primal Pronto?

Yes, well, a detailed calculated answer takes time. She eats 2181 calories per day. For a very active dog, she should be eating close to twice that much. We need to increase her intake dramatically. This should not be done suddenly, but over the period of a couple of weeks.

After a week, I would add a third raw patty (so two patties at each of her three meals) and increase her Brave reconstituted food to 1 1/4 cups per meal. This will increase her caloric intake to 4011 per day.

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